LOMBOK ISLAND INDONESIA – MAWUN BEACH
LOMBOK
ISLAND INDONESIA – MAWUN BEACH
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many beaches in Lombok Island especially in the south side, many
beaches which are still unpopular, though the condition are quite well. Many
factors caused this thing, but the main thing is the inadequate infrastructure
and the less clean condition. Mawun beach is included to this category. If it
seen form beach’s source, Mawun beach is so worth it to be a beach
tourism destination. The beach which is a part of a bay, has horse
shoe shaped with two hills in the west and east side. Has the white
sand and soft texture
in the center side of the beach. While in the west side, the sand tends to be
rougher and mixed with rocks splits. The middle side of the beach’s topography
is also steeper than in the west and east side. The waves in the middle part of
the beach is also stronger compared to those in west and east side. The middle
side of the beach also contaminated by plastic rubbish which carried by the
waves. Its understandable because the middle side of the beach is faced
directly to the Indian ocean while the west and east side of the beach is
blocked by hill.
Every
day, the beach is visited by visitors, domestic and foreign as well though it’s
not in large amount. Domestic visitors usually come in the morning and leave
the beach before the sun gets too hot. On the contrary, the foreign visitors
usually visit this beach when the sun is still so hot at noon. Besides
swimming, they also lay down spending times by reading of self-portraying.
If you
want to visit this beach, choose the east and west side of the beach to do
activities. Beside it clean, these two parts of the beach are gradually
inclined and not too wavy. It also fit for kids to play.
In Mawun beach, there are several activities you can do. From
laying down doing sun bathing, walking along the beach till swimming.
Especially for swimming, you need to be careful if you doing it in the middle
part of the beach, because the topography of the bottom sea from beach’s land
to the middle of the sea is quite steep. Besides, there are no lifeguards in
here.
If you want a different activity, try to climb hills in the both
tip side of the beach. Form up there; you could enjoy the wonderful view of
Indian Ocean, the hills and the curved beach.
Mawun beach is about 60 km from Mataram city, Lombok Indonesia. With personal car or motorbike, it
can be reached 1, 5 hours from Mataram city. You can also reach it by public
transportation, by taking route Mataram-Cakranegara-Kediri-Praya-Penujak-Selong
Belanak-Mawun, or Mataram-Cakranegara-Kediri-Praya-Batunyale-Sengkol-Rambitan-Sade-Kuta-Mawun.
To get
into this beach by passing Selong Belanak, you will have to pass less good
roads around 9 km before the beach. Along the way, you will see tobacco field
and buffalo herding plain.
If you’re lucky you will be able to see farmers harvesting the
tobacco leaves then weighed it to sell to factory or local seller.
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